Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-03-19

ernacle. and the sermon ispreaclle
attllereception nf347 new member;
making 600 received during th
present revival. so that tile cor
munlcant membership Is now 4.65l
The Rev. It. De witt Talmage, d
D., the pastor. gave he right han'
OF fellowship to the Lew member
and baptized about ninety. TIL
audience sung
"Blestne the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love. "
There was a great arch Of flow
ers over the pulpit containing thu
words: II believe in the com
munion of saints.v DR.. Talmagt
took two texts: ]. Chronicles
chapter 90, verse. 5-.Anl foul
thousand praised the Lord d. .,2sa &C
Exodus. clllal tesas,.l 2 Is g. g.
saTfis day Shall Tbesnntos you fore
memorial" He said:
When week before last the com
municantmembership otthis church
passed into the four thons md, now
reaching four thous and fifty
one, the first part of my text cam
TO my mind, and brihoug'lG my
self What 81 grand thing it would
he if the four thou sand Of orr com
mnlIicant membership would, like
the four thousand OF the ancient
Temple, make iu their lifetime bust
ness to praise the Lord. Let hem
all take hap anll timbrel and all
them and doxolney!
The alluslon Of my second text
is to the Passover, which com
memoratpd the deliverancc Of the
children of Israel on the night
when the destroying angel sped
through the land Of Egypt, des-
troying the enemy but saving the
IsraeiteS, because on the door
posts oftlieir dwellings was sprink,
led the bloo.l of IL lamb. TO day
we come TO celebrate a gl;lnder
Passover, all peril going AWAY from
our soul ut the sight OF the sprin-
Killed. blood Of the Lamb of God on
the toM'posts Of our hearts. Christ,
our Passover. sacrificed for u.s.
.This day shall be unto you for a
memorial"
The Sacramento Sabbath, wheth-
er it comes in All American church
or an English chapel or Il Scotch
kirk, is more impressive tran any
other Sabbath. Its light is boiler,
calmer, sweeter; its voices more
tender; it's tonch is softer; it's mem
cries are more chaStened. The
fruits of the Christian life sudden
ly ripper, like orchards Oh the hill
fronting the South. The wine OF
the Holy Sacrament seems pressed
from the grapes Of celestial vine
70 10 drop fr01i the liaiIi Vi fffm WHO
parted tile Ioavrs for the five thou
sand. We walk to the church OF
God with more thoughtful face and
vith. qnieter step. The jubllant
songs of other Sundays are struck
through with pensiveness and are
all tremble with tears; and wien,
mt tile close of the service, at the
door we shake hands, it is with y
more cordial grasp, because we feel
thrilling through body, mind and
soul The great doctrines Of Chris
tian brotherhood; and our minds
go back to our foreiatlers celebrat-
inc the Sacramento times of per.
secutlon in Scotland among the
Highlands; commemoratin2 the dY.
ing love of Christ, while they were
pursued of their enemies, pouring
the wine into rough wooden cups,
dipping the rsof baptism from
the mountain rock, Until one day
they heard the voices Of their enc
mics coming up the hill, and the
pastor cried out: ooh Lord, the
Shepherd, have mercy on the Sheep
and instantly there was roaring
heard as Of great food and sure
enough IL cloud had burst and there
were great torrents running down
the mountain side that whelmed
their foes with sudden wrath
What dtliverance it WAS for them
on that Sacramental day! Oh that
on this Sacramento day the cloud
Of Gods mercy might burst and
our SINS he whelmed and our souls
be saved! This is the amethis5 OF
DAYS. This is the pearl of days
This is the diamond OF days. This
is the day Of days. Among the
ten thousand million ages OF etern-
ity tue first Sabbath of March, 'S7,
will be TO you significant and mem
orable, for "thls day Shall be unto
yuu' forever and ever "a menor
ial."
There is much in the scene OF
to-day to impress us because it is a
time of reinforcement. | used to
remark that it L ever lived to see
our membership reach four thou
sand thought l would be willing
to say with one Ct old: snow, Lord
lettest Thou Thy servant depart III
peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy
salvation" But | have changed
my mind, and l never so much
wanted to stay as now, so as Il
see them all enlisted for Godeand
to watch their victories. What
might they not accomplish in the
way of making tue world better II
they were all baptized with a dou
bile portion Of the Holy Ghost. -Four
thousand! That is four full rrgl-